The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | April 10, 2024
"The big hurdle was your classic big company that just used their resources to basically call into question a very real, nice legitimate person," the plaintiff's lawyer said.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | April 9, 2024
"Congress can't do it the way it did it here, where it's telling Pennsylvania, 'You have to make law the way we, Congress, tell you to,'" Jonathan Lowy, an attorney with Global Action on Gun Violence representing the plaintiffs, contended.
By Justin Henry | April 9, 2024
The New York City Bar Association's professional responsibility committee proposed statewide changes to Rule 5.4 that would allow lawyers to pledge security interests in unrecovered legal fees to non-lawyers, including third-party financers.
By Avalon Zoppo | April 9, 2024
"Generally speaking, the practitioners will tell you that the rule needs to change. How the rule needs to change remains somewhat of a debate," said U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon of the Western District of Pennsylvania.
By Colleen Murphy | April 9, 2024
"We look forward to explaining to the Supreme Court why the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is subject to New Jersey's jurisdiction when priests in doing their jobs were taking children to New Jersey and abusing them there," David Inscho and Andra Laidacker of Kline & Specter said.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | April 8, 2024
"Now that we have two solidly reasoned opinions by the trial court in Caranci and Martel, we look forward to appellate review of the two key bellwether cases, which will then set a template and guidance for future Roundup rulings and trials," Kline & Specter partners Thomas Kline and Tobi Millrood, who represent the plaintiff, said in an email.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Riley Brennan | April 8, 2024
"Here, it is undisputed that the trial court did not announce the jury's intended $0 damages award in open court."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | April 8, 2024
The 11 cases set to go before the justices touch on a range of impactful issues, including federal authority to shape tort law, insurance coverage for COVID-19 business interruption claims, and the burden of proof required to demonstrate rule violations in lawyer discipline matters.
By Cedra Mayfield | Patrick Smith | Elana Ashanti Jefferson | April 5, 2024
In this week's Legal Speak episode, James Whittle with the American Property Casualty Insurance Association dives into the impact of what the organization has dubbed "legal system abuse" as social inflation—the belief that large corporations are "bad actors with deep pockets"—helps fuel "nuclear" verdicts.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Larry E. Coben | April 5, 2024
Americans' reliance on and use of products designed, manufactured, and then imported to the United States from overseas creates significant legal issues when a consumer is injured, maimed or killed using one of these products. One very profound legal issue involves the challenge to obtain personal jurisdiction over a foreign manufacturer. We look briefly at this issue.
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